Highland Restoration Association » Property Standards

Mayor Glover’s Community Briefing

kgay — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:06:38 +0000

HRA encourages its members to attend the Mayor’s Community Briefing this Monday, October 10 at 6pm at Municipal Auditorium (705 Elvis Presley Blvd). The purpose of the meeting is to provide information regarding current and proposed initiatives in areas near Highland, such as the Shreveport Common Plan, developments in Ledbetter Heights, and the I-49 Inner [...]

Historic Tax Credits Renewed

kgay — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:44:38 +0000

On July 7th Governor Jindal signed into law HB 348, a bill that extends & improves the residential historic rehabilitation tax credit, and SB 63, which extends the commercial historic rehabilitation tax credit. As Jindal said, “Signing these bills into law encourages the restoration of some of our most beautiful and historic buildings and communities, [...]

HRA Supports the Bond Issue

kgay — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:35:34 +0000

On Saturday, April 2, Shreveport residents will vote on a $175 million bond issue that is desperately needed throughout the city. Voting YES on the bond election will bring improvements to water, sewage and other city facilities. There’s no tax increase or new taxes for citywide improvements in the bond issue. Got to [...]

Proposed Historic Preservation Ordinance

kgay — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:17:35 +0000

After much time and effort from the Shreveport Historic Preservation Study Committee, our city has finally developed a model historic preservation ordinance! The ordinance would, among other things, create a historic preservation committee that would protect Shreveport’s historic landmarks and districts. Currently Shreveport is the only major city in Louisiana that does not have a [...]

Fairfield Highland Cultural District

kgay — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:57:37 +0000

The HRA is assisting with the proposed development of a Fairfield Highland Cultural District. According to the Office of Cultural Development, the goal of a cultural district is to “revitalize a community by building on and creating new cultural opportunities, through unique tax incentives. Once a Cultural District is certified, renovations to historic structures within [...]

Bond Study Discovers Urgent Needs Throughout the City

kgay — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:59:15 +0000

HRA Board Member Liz Swaine recently chaired and represented District B in the 2010 Citizens Bond Study Committee, which was formed to determine if the city of Shreveport needs a bond issue and if so, which needs would be addressed in the bond. The committee was “stunned” by needs totaling more than half [...]

Proposed Renter’s Code for Shreveport

kgay — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:56:23 +0000

Last month HRA members received their Summer 2010 newsletter and read about outgoing councilman Monty Walford’s development of a renter’s ordinance. Designed to protect renters and neighborhoods from substandard housing, Walford and fellow councilman Calvin Lester introduced the code at a recent city council meeting and plan to hold a public hearing about it in [...]

Basketball unsafe in the streets

dmarcalus — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:32:24 +0000

It is against city ordinance to place a basketball goal on neutral ground or in the roadway. Anyone who does so will be in violation of Section 50-140, Obstructing public passage. The ordinance is for the safety of everyone riding, biking or walking in Highland.